The National Liquor Law Enforcement Association (NLLEA) is a non-profit association
of law enforcement personnel dedicated to the enforcement of liquor laws and regulations.
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Call for 2022 NLLEA Annual Conference Workshop Proposals
Pittsburgh, PA-Sept. 26-28
Submit your workshop presentation proposal by March 31, 2022, if accepted presenters receive a discounted registration!
CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS
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National Liquor Law Enforcement Association
2022 Award Nomination Form
The NLLEA Awards recognize leaders and outstanding programs in the field of alcohol law enforcement. Annual awards are given in the following four categories: Alcohol Law Enforcement Agency of the Year, Alcohol Law Enforcement Agent of the Year, Innovative Alcohol Law Enforcement Program of the Year, and the John W. Britt Community Service Award. For more information on each award, visit the awards page at nllea.org.
The deadline for receiving nominations is March 31, 2022. Please email this document along with any supporting documentation to carrie.christofes@nllea.org. You should receive an email confirmation of your submission within 48 hours. If you do not receive an email receipt confirmation, please call 724-762-5939 to confirm receipt of the nomination.
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Sergeant-at-Arms Nominations
The National Liquor Law Enforcement Association (NLLEA) Executive Board is seeking self-nominations for the 2022 Sergeant-at-Arms position for the Board. This is a volunteer position. Elections will be held during the Business Meeting at the 35th Annual NLLEA Conference being held September 26-28 at the Sheraton Hotel Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA. CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION INFORMATION
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NHTSA Impaired Driving Update Spring 2022
- 2022 Crashed Data Released
- Report of Utah's .05 Law
- National Roadway Safety Strategy
- Safe System Approach
- Regional Toxicology Liaison Program
- Impaired Driving Technical Assistance
- New Database of EMS Legislation from NCSL
- Campaigns
- Teen and Young Drivers
- Judicial Outreach
- Safety Program Assessment Subject
- Matter Experts Needed
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Funeral arrangements set for 2 Pa. state troopers killed in line of duty
Services are scheduled for this coming week for the two Pennsylvania State Police troopers killed early Monday when an alleged drunk driver struck and killed them and an Allentown man on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.
State police on Friday announced the funeral arrangements for Trooper Martin F. Mack III and Trooper Branden T. Sisca.
Police said a man identified as 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras, of Allentown, was reported walking during the early morning hours March 21 in the southbound lanes of I-95 near the sports stadiums in south Philadelphia. Mack and Sisca were trying to get him off the road when a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” struck all three, police said. All were pronounced dead at the scene.
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New Hampshire Liquor Commission's sales practices upheld by IRS ruling
On Friday, the NH Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report based on a comprehensive and conclusive Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling reaffirming previous findings and fully exonerating the New Hampshire Liquor Commission (NHLC) from false allegations related to its practices and procedures regarding large volume cash sales (LVCS) over $10,000. NHLC fully supported the request for a formal IRS ruling, which ultimately concluded that NHLC and its employees are exempt from reporting requirements related to LVCS. The full DOJ report is available here https://www.doj.nh.gov/news/2022/documents/20220325-liquor-sales-report.pdf.
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Law enforcement focus on quality-of-life offenses renews old debate over ‘broken windows’ policing
The New York Police Department is cracking down on offenses that have become part of daily life in some neighborhoods: public consumption of alcohol, open-air marijuana sales and public urination.
The goal is to combat relatively minor infractions that the nation’s largest police department maintains lower the quality of life and foment the type of disorder that resulted in 30 shootings last weekend and Monday — including a 7-year-old girl wounded in gang crossfire.
In Detroit, the city’s newly released plan to reduce violent crime over the summer refers to the association between “urban blight” and gun violence and vows greater enforcement of noise complaints and traffic offenses and keeping a close eye on vacant lots and buildings.
In Miami Beach, city officials responded to what they say are “excessively large and unruly spring break crowds” by declaring a state of emergency and imposing a midnight to 6 a.m. curfew through Monday.
Across the nation, law enforcement initiatives such as these are renewing an old debate over “broken windows” policing — a controversial strategy involving aggressive enforcement of petty crimes in an effort to restore safety and order in high-crime neighborhoods.
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WVABCA suspends liquor license for bar after second shooting
Action is being taken against a Huntington bar after two separate shootings occurred outside within a weeks time.
A spokesperson for the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration says Commissioner Wooten suspended the liquor license of Premier Bar and Grill out of the interest of public safety.
The suspension was effective the evening of Sunday, March 27 for a ten-day period to run through April 10th.
This measure is set to act as a “cooling-off” period and to allow the ongoing investigation to continue.
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National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving Launches Interactive Map, Simplifies Cannabis, DUI Law in the US
The National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving unveiled today its State Laws Map, an interactive, online database updated in real-time and designed to empower users to navigate the cannabis- and DUI-law labyrinth across the U.S. at no cost. The effort is intended to address a current problem in which America’s cannabis and impaired driving laws vary by state and change seemingly by the day, making it difficult for regulators, businesses, health and safety advocates, individuals, and other entities to stay on top of the evolving cannabis and DUI legal landscape across the United States.
“Before our State Map was available, traffic safety advocates, criminal justice professionals and others had to spend hours sifting through random databases, state and federal legal codes and other resources scattered across the internet just to understand the cannabis DUI and underage consumption laws in a single state. Now they can access a snapshot of those complex laws in a few seconds at the click of a button,” said Darrin Grondel, Ph.D., NASID’s director and vice president of government relations and traffic safety at Responsibility.org.
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Health Claims in Advertising – Mitigating Health Consequences
We've noticed an increasing number of alcohol beverage advertisements (including company websites and social media accounts) that are suggesting a relationship between alcohol beverage consumption and purported health benefits or effects. We'll be focusing on this area in the next few issues of our weekly newsletter.
We remind industry members that TTB advertising regulations prohibit any health-related statement that is untrue in any particular or tends to create a misleading impression as to the effects of alcohol consumption on health.
Examples of unsubstantiated advertising statements suggesting that consuming a particular alcohol beverage will mitigate health consequences typically associated with alcohol consumption include:
- “No headaches”
- “Hangover free”
- “Diabetic friendly”
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CA-The La Fiesta Market Liquor License is Revoked in Kerman
ABC investigation found three sales of alcohol to minors in a three-year period
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has revoked the alcoholic beverage license of the La Fiesta Market located at 307 South Madera Avenue in Kerman because the store sold alcohol three separate times to minors in a three-year period.
ABC posted a Notice of Suspension after the store owner signed an agreement accepting the penalty of revocation, with revocation stayed for 180 days to allow for the transfer of the license to a new owner. Alcohol sales are prohibited until the license is transferred.
The Department opened an investigation at the store after it received a complaint from the community that the premises was selling alcohol to minors. Undercover ABC agents visited the location and issued citations for three separate sales of alcoholic beverages to minors.
“ABC licensees must protect underage youth by remaining vigilant and carefully checking identifications to prevent them from gaining access to alcohol,” said ABC Director Eric Hirata.
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Forget brownies and vape pens. Arizonans can now get high drinking 'marijuaritas'
Sweet Dreams Vineyards sells pot-infused beverages in the Valley that might allow customers to get high faster and without the hangover.
Arizonans who love to drink wine but hate the hangover may now finally have a better alternative.
Sweet Dreams Vineyard is taking advantage of Arizona's relaxed marijuana laws by manufacturing a pot-infused beverage that has the familiar taste of a cocktail or glass of wine.
The vineyard's "marijuarita" drink contains a water-soluble dose of THC that's blended with real lime flavors. A glass of the vineyard's "cannabernet" is intended to have the same smooth, rich flavor as its alcoholic counterpart. A big selling point for the vineyard's products is its ability to offer customers a buzz without drinking booze. The vineyard's non-alcoholic beverages are produced with nano-emulsification technology, which helps the marijuana's potency to be felt more quickly by the consumer.
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Unrecorded alcohol: what the evidence tells us
An estimated 25% of worldwide alcohol consumption is unrecorded, meaning not taxed and is outside the usual system of governmental control, such as home or informally produced alcohol -legal or illegal, smuggled alcohol, surrogate alcohol which is alcohol not intended for human consumption or alcohol obtained through cross-border shopping, which is recorded in a different jurisdiction. The usually lower price of this type of alcohol, its appeal to consumers from low socioeconomic status and people with underlying alcohol use disorders, irregular labelling and thus often unknown ethanol percentage by volume and the presence of potentially toxic compounds, as well as a complex interplay of these factors, is what can make unrecorded alcohol potentially more harmful than regulated alcohol.
Recent evidence highlights that effective measures exist to regulate recorded and unrecorded alcohol production and consumption and do not indicate possible substitution effects. The policy options for regulating unrecorded alcohol require tailoring to a given context to consider the cultural and social aspects involved.
This Snapshot is part of a series of briefs tackling critical issues related to the determinants driving the acceptability, availability and affordability of alcohol consumption and how it affects people and their communities. The briefs result from a quick scanning of the recent evidence on the topic, insights from leading experts, consultation with selected countries and discussions during webinars convened to create a platform to match evidence, practice and policies. It is intended for a broad audience, including professionals working in public health and local and national alcohol policy focal points, policy-makers, government officials, researchers, civil society groups, consumer associations, the mass media and people new to alcohol research or practice.
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Thousands of fake IDs seized by CBP officers in Memphis
In the 2021 fiscal year, CBP officers in Memphis seized 3,487 fake IDs, while from Oct. 1, 2021, to Jan. 21, 2022, officers have seized 4,516.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Port of Memphis have been taking thousands of fake IDs daily in the past few months.
In the 2021 fiscal year, CBP officers in Memphis seized 3,487 fake IDs, while from Oct. 1, 2021, to Jan. 21, 2022, officers have seized 4,516.
According to a release, the intercepted shipments sometimes have one license or upwards of 20 or more. Most of the birth years on the licenses are 1999 or 2000, indicating the holder of the license is 21 years old or more, the legal drinking age nationwide.
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